China Lion Film Distribution has acquired North American rights to Only Cloud Knows, from Emperor Motion Pictures. The film is a New Zealand- and China-set romance directed by China’s foremost commercial director Feng Xiaogang, with rights represented by Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures.
The firm will set a day-and-date release in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously with the mainland Chinese outing, on Dec. 20, at the beginning to the lucrative Christmas period. It will also be released in Australia & New Zealand, and serve as the China Lion’s primary Christmas holiday release.
Starring Huang Xuan and Yang Caiyu, reunited after their previous appearance in “Youth,” the Mandarin-language story revolves around a Chinese widower who returns to New Zealand after the death of his wife. There he discovers that she held secrets in her past. Retracing the journey of their courtship, he seeks to fulfill a dream she never had a chance to complete.
The firm will set a day-and-date release in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously with the mainland Chinese outing, on Dec. 20, at the beginning to the lucrative Christmas period. It will also be released in Australia & New Zealand, and serve as the China Lion’s primary Christmas holiday release.
Starring Huang Xuan and Yang Caiyu, reunited after their previous appearance in “Youth,” the Mandarin-language story revolves around a Chinese widower who returns to New Zealand after the death of his wife. There he discovers that she held secrets in her past. Retracing the journey of their courtship, he seeks to fulfill a dream she never had a chance to complete.
- 11/8/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Adam Devine (The Righteous Gemstones), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians) will lend their voices to animation feature, Extinct, from China Lion, Hb Wink, Huayi Tencent Entertainment Ltd, Tolerable Entertainment and Timeless Films. David Silverman, who directed 2007’s The Simpsons Movie and co-directed Monsters Inc, is helming the adventure-comedy along with co-director Raymond Persi (The Simpsons).
Timeless is handling international sales, which will launch at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Simpsons veterans Joel Cohen, John Frink, and Rob Lazebnik penned the screenplay. It follows Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals — Flummels — who accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It’s up to this bumbling pair to save themselves and their species… and, just maybe, change the course of history.
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Timeless is handling international sales, which will launch at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Simpsons veterans Joel Cohen, John Frink, and Rob Lazebnik penned the screenplay. It follows Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals — Flummels — who accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It’s up to this bumbling pair to save themselves and their species… and, just maybe, change the course of history.
Jim Jefferies (The Jim Jefferies Show...
- 9/3/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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